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ArticleViolist Tabea Zimmermann on the pressure of competitions
The German musician speaks to Amanda Holloway about launching her own career with competition wins, and about her attitude to her students entering contests today
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Music Therapy: A Different Way to Help
Music therapy can be a fulfilling profession for any musician looking to make a significant impact in the community. Violinist and music therapist Joy Gravestock outlines the routes to this rewarding career and describes a typical day in the field
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Technique: Legato and Lyricism
Ideas to help you grow your sound and articulate every note within each bow
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Russian cellist Karine Georgian remembers lessons with Mstislav Rostropovich
An intense seven-year period of study at the Moscow Conservatoire was hugely influential
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Opinion: The Wisdom of Yoda
In the Star Wars universe, Jedi Master Yoda is the ultimate teacher – and his insights can be applied just as readily to string playing as to learning the ways of the Force, writes cellist Brian Hodges
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Technique: How do you develop musicality?
Exercises and advice from Ross Harbaugh, professor of cello at Miami’s Frost School of Music, to help build musical awareness and understanding
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How to set yourself up as an online string teacher
Violinist and longtime distance-teacher Mary-Elizabeth Brown presents an essential guide to teaching online, from setting up a home studio and preparing your students, to safeguarding and health safety. With tips on adapting your teaching methods for the online environment
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Remembering the Hungarian pedagogue Béla Katona
One of the 20th century’s greatest violin pedagogues, Béla Katona would have turned 100 this month. Here Tully Potter speaks to former pupils – mainly at London’s Trinity College of Music – about the success of his teaching methods
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7 views on repetitive practice
Is repetition the most effective mode of practice? Debate from The Strad Archive
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Technique: Training Musicality
Exercises and advice to help build musical awareness and understanding
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How should string teachers deal with naturally unmusical children?
It may be sad to say, but some pupils have no gift for playing at all, says Royal Northern College of Music senior lecturer in education, Philippa Bunting
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How knowledge of physics can improve your sound
Understanding the basic physics of string movement can help us produce a richer, more ringing tone, says professor of violin Wendy Case
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Béla Katona: A Pupil’s Perspective
Former Béla Katona student Dona Lee Croft, now a professor, recalls her lessons with the Hungarian pedagogue
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Béla Katona: A Teacher Through and Through
One of the 20th century’s greatest violin pedagogues, Béla Katona would have turned 100 this month. Tully Potter charts his life and career, and speaks to former pupils – mainly at London’s Trinity College of Music – about the success of his teaching methods
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Ask the Teacher - Roy Sonne
The Pittsburgh-based pedagogue asks his students to be adventurous and to watch clips on YouTube
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Ask the Teacher - Cathy Elliott
The London-based pedagogue encourages the use of practice charts, as well as musical games
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Ask the Teacher - Jeffrey Solow
The Philadelphia-based pedagogue teaches technique by asking students to learn to play by feeling
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Ask the Teacher - Brian Lewis
For the Texas-based pedagogue, getting into students’ heads is the key to effective teaching
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Ask the Teacher - Kurt Sassmanshaus
The Cincinnati-based teacher compares learning a piece of music with an actor preparing a role
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Ask the Teacher - Kristian Kolman
The Slovenian-based teacher says it’s vital for students to fall deeply in love with their instrument
